“The light keeps shining in the dark, and darkness has never put it out.” (John 1:5, CEV)
Depression
An old familiar sweater
Its weight heavy, wearing a hole in my soul
Tried throwing it away
But found my hands lifting it back out
Not wanting to let it go
Tried stuffing it in a box
But found it spilling out
Stretched, grown too large to ever be locked away
Tried ignoring its existence
But its dark colors shone bright
Calling me to reach out and touch its softness
And so I gave up and gave in
Blinded as I pulled it over my head
Smothered as the woven yarn surrounded me in its net
As I tugged, the fibers stretched
Separating, allowing starry pinpricks of light
To filter through, shining into my eyes
Calling me to pause and pull up instead of down
Pull off instead of on
Looking up and letting go
Letting the sweater slide through my fingers
And fall to the floor
As I reached out to the source of light
Shining pure and bright with love
He was there with me
Holding out a shimmering robe of righteousness
Reaching out was all I had to do
He clothed me with salvation
Wrapping His Righteousness around me
He picked up my old sweater
Pulling on its burden over His Shoulders
Every hole, snag, and tear His Light shone through
Until He turned its darkness into His Light
Making it disappear into His Glory
And it was mine no more
Surrounded with His Comfort
Joy and gladness I finally found
In His Presence, as I praised His Name
“I delight greatly in the LORD, my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness…” (Isaiah 61:10a, NIV)
(Zechariah 3:4b, 6b, NIV; Isaiah 51:3, NKJV; 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21, NIV)
~Jess
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